Manifold-book.



W. G. BORN.

MANIFOLD BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1912.

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WILLIAM G. BORN, 0F CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON.

MANIFOLD-BOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. Bonn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chehalis, in the county of Lewis and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifold- Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in manifold books and has particular application to books of this character utilized at fairs and like places of amusement for the purpose of rattling 03 prizes.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a book of this type wherein the leaves thereof shall have suitable indicia thereon to identify the article or articles being rattled, the book embodying among other features, a leaf design to be retained within the book and a plurality of leaves adapted for removal from the book, so that a leaf may be retained within the book to form an entry sheet and the removable sheets tendered to the customer and aflixed to the article being rattled respectively.

Furthermore, I aim to provide a book of this class wherein the data of the article may be conveyed in writing from the original or stationary sheet to the removable sheets.

The invention also involves the provision of means whereby the customers or prospective winners name may be conveyed from the original to the sheet for such customer, thence to the sheet adapted for attachment to the article, the name upon the last-named sheet remaining invisible so as to facilitate the rattling of the article.

With the above objects in view and others of a similar nature, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and wherein has been illustrated the preferred form of the invention, Figure l is a detail perspective view of a book constructed in accordance with the present invention, the book being in open position and part of several of the leaves upturned. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the fixed leaf turned back. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing one of the removable leaves turned back, and Fig. 4 is a de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1912.

Patented Jan. 29,1914.

Serial No. 680,297.

tail perspective view of the other removable leaf, the means for entering the name of the customer being partly removed.

Similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out this invention, the book contains a plurality of what may be termed sets of three leaves each and a description of one of such sets, it is thought, will suffice for a disclosure and understanding of the present invention, therefore only one of such sets is shown and described.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in detail, the book in the present embodiment of the invention consists of the covers 1 fastened together in any suitable manner, which covers inclose the leaves forming the sets a. Each set includes what may be termed an original or entry sheet 2 having suitable indicia 3 thereon in order to properly identify the article being rattled and also retain the name of the customer. In the present instance, the rear surface of the sheet 2 is coated with a suitable writing conveying material 4, such as carbon so that the data entered upon the entry sheet may be transmitted to a removable sheet 5 which in this form of the invention is the customers sheet and has suitable indicia 6 thereon to correspond with that of the entry sheet. It is conceivable, however, that the writing conveying material nay be interposed between the sheets 2 and 5 in any suitable or preferred manner.- This writing conveying material as shown covers the entire rear surface of the sheet 2 so that any matter written or otherwise applied to the entry sheet may be transmitted to the customers sheet. The sheet 5 is cletachably secured to a stub 6 through the medium of perforations 7 so as to facilitate the removal of such sheet from the book. This sheet 5 has its rear surface coated with a writing conveying material 8 contacting with a portion of a second removable sheet 9. It is to be understood however that the writing conveying material 8 may be disposed intermediate the sheets 5 and 9 in any preferred or well known manner. The sheet 9 is equipped with indicia similar to that of the preceding sheets and is detachably associated with the book through the medium of perforations 10 and a stub 11. The writing conveying aterial 8 as shown contacts only with a portion of the sheet 9 and just enough to permit the transmitting of the data of the article being rattled from the original sheet to the said sheet 9, the identity of the customer being, in effect, not transmitted to the sheet 9. In order to convey the customers name to the sheet 9 and render the same invisible for purposes to be presently described, the lower portion immediately below the lower edge of the material 8, is covered by means of a flap 12 of suitable writing conveying material whereby the name and other suitable'data of the prospective winner of the article is deposited on the sheet 9 in an invisible condition, owing to the flap 12 covering such identity, the edges of the flap being secured, by some suitable adhesive, to the respective portion of the sheet 9.

The sheet 9 is preferably of a greater thickness and less flexibility than the previous sheets so that the former may provide a tag which is adapted to be afiixed to the exhibit or prize after the chance has been purchased by the customer, the name of such customer being concealed as hereinbefore described.

In the rattling of the article the tags are removed whereby any one of the same may be taken as indicating the winner of the prize, subsequent to which action the flap 12 is removed to disclose the identity of the party.

The sets are arranged within the book in numerical order so that each sheet of a set bears the same number as the companion sheets and, in the preferred form of the invention, the numerical order of the sets of each book preferably start from zero to ninety-nine, thence one-hundred to one hundred and ninety-nine and so on, so that the first book may be called the zero book, the second book number one, the third book number two, etc., thus when the party bearing sheet number two hundred and four has been declared the winner of a prize,

book number 2 may be located in order to compare the sheets of the winning set. From this it will be seen that the locating of the books is extremely simple and requires little or no thought on the part of the parties in charge of the article being rafiied. Further, it will be noted that a complete and systematic record is obtained with only one writing or entry.

I claim:

A manifold book comprising a permanent sheet having indicia on the front surface thereof and provided with a mark transmitting medium at the rear surface thereof, a removable sheet having indicia thereon similar to that of the first sheet and underlying said first sheet and having the front face thereof in contact with the said mark transmitting medium, said second-named sheet having a mark transmitting medium on a portion of the rear surface thereof, a second removable sheet disposed below the first removable sheet and having indicia thereon similar to that of the latter sheet and the front surface thereof in contact with the mark transmitting medium on said first removable sheet, said second removable sheet being relatively stiff as compared with the first sheets, and a flap having a mark transmittingmedia on the reverse face thereof, said flap being carried by the last-named sheet and contacting with the exposed portion thereof, the mark transmitting medium on said first removable sheet extending from the upper edge thereof to the top edge of said flap, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.

In testimony whereof I afrlx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. BORN.

Witnesses:

A. S. CORY, D. W. NOBLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

